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This post got me thinking about brands I know - Fast food seems to really prefer warm colors (red, orange and yellow) - think, McDonalds, Wendy's, Subway, KFC,
by brianlovin 13y ago
This post got me thinking about brands I know -
Fast food seems to really prefer warm colors (red, orange and yellow) - think, McDonalds, Wendy's, Subway, KFC, Dominos, Burger King, Jack in the Box, Sonic etc. This correlates with the post, where red = energy + creating urgency while yellow = optimistic and youthful.
Fast food: making customers energized and in a rush since the color red.
Alcohol for some reason really loves pure black or pure white (I'm thinking to tv commercials with black backgrounds and the slow-motion alcohol pours). Again, great correlation here in the post where black = luxury/power.
But thinking to my own personal experience with design, Leo's quote stands out to me:
"Despite all the studies, generalizations are extremely hard to make. Whatever change you make, treat it first as a hypothesis, and see an the actual experiment what works for you."
It seems to me like a blue/orange combo has become one of the most-used color schemes for startups (correlation to movie posters? http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-posters/ http://www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contrast-in-movie-poster...)
- mindcrime 13y agoIt seems to me like a blue/orange combo has become one of the most-used color schemes for startups Really? Crap... I haven't really noticed, and it probably doesn't matter, but we're blue/orange heavy[1]. For what it's worth, we went with this design 3 or more years ago, so at least we probably can't be considered copycats. :-) [1]: http://www.fogbeam.com http://www.fogbeam.com